Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Art & architecture Artists

Canevari (Cannevari, Cannerari), Antonio

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CANEVARI (Cannevari, Cannerari), Antonio. - Architect, b. in Rome in 1681, d. in Naples ca. 1750. A pupil of Antonio Valeri, he built in Rome on the Caelian Hill the convent of Sts. John and Paul and carried out the remodelling of the church. He finished the church of the Stigmata, already begun by Contini, and the church and portico of S. Eustachio.

Some of his designs for the sacristy of St. Peter's and for the laying out of the garden of the Arcadia were not executed. Besides in Italy, he worked in Portugal, in the time of John V. In Naples he erected the royal palace of Portici and the seggio of Porta Nuova near S. Giuseppe, his best works. In 1724 he was a member of the Academy of St. Luke.

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BIBL.: O. Pollak, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, V, p. 501 (with the preceding bibl.); A. Cruciani, s. v. in Enc. Ital., VIII (1930), p. 724; E. Lavagnino, Gli artisti italiani in Portogallo, Rome 1940, p. 94.

Emma Amadei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 525.

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Amadei, Emma. “Canevari (Cannevari, cannerari), antonio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 525. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/canevari-cannevari-cannerari-antonio.

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Amadei, Emma. “Canevari (Cannevari, cannerari), antonio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 525. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/canevari-cannevari-cannerari-antonio.

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  author    = {Amadei, Emma},
  title     = {Canevari (Cannevari, cannerari), antonio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {525},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/canevari-cannevari-cannerari-antonio}
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